Corn-husking implement.



N0. 798,958. PATENTED SEPT. 5, 1905. G. W. in C. E. GOSS.

CORN HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

unmuxox rum) SEPT. 21,1904.

Witnesses ventors UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GPXJRCTE TV. GOSS AND CHARLES E. 6085, OF BAI IITIA'IORE, OHIO.

CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1905.

Applic i n filed September 27,1904. Serial No. 226,215.

residing at Baltimore, in the county of Fairheld and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful tlorn-Husking lmplemeut,of which the followingis a specilication.

This invention relates to corn-husking im- 13, the walls of said recessbeing undercut or beveled, as indicated at 14;, to thereby produce aknife or cutting edge, as shown. By this means a very ellicient andeasily-operated cutting member is provided, by means of which thebimlingtwine employed to hold the bundles of corn can be quickly severedplements; and it consists in the production of a s1mply-ctmstructedimplement of this character wher rbythehusks may be stripped from theears and means provided for severing the binding-twine or other mediumwith which the bundles are bound at the time of harvesting.

\Yith these and other objects in view, which will appez r as the natureof the invention is j better understood, the same consists in certainnovel features of construction, as hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capableof carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood thatthe invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes inthe shape, proportion, and general assemblage of the parts may beresorted to without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimproved implement. Fig. 2 is a view from the interior of the combinedstripping and band severing bar. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of thebar.

The improved implement comprises a bar 10, preferably semitubular intransverse section, as shown in Fig. 3, and provided with the usualmeans, as by straps 11, for connection to the lingers of the operator.

The bar 10 is extended at one end into a stripping-point 12 and isprovided at its opposite end with a lateral recess 13, formed in side ofthe bar and defining a terminal hook by a forward movement of the samehand of the operator to which the implement is attached and without theloss of a moment of time, as the severing can be instantly accomplishedwithout delaying the stripping movcments.

The undercut form of the outer terminal of the recess and the inclinedform of the remainder of the same insure the certain and accurateguidance of the bindingtwine into the recess and the severing of thesame by merely drawing the bar over the same from the stripping endtoward the cutting end, as will be obvious.

The implement can be inexpensivelymanufactured and will be very usefuland convenient for the purpose described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A corn-huskingimplement comprising a bar having one end thereof extendedlongitudinally to form a stripping-point and its opposite end providedwith a lateral V-shaped recess delining a terminal hook, the walls ofsaid recess being sharpened to form cutting edges one of which is ofgreater length than the other and extends along the longitudinal edge ofthe bar a short distance beyond the bill of said hook, and means carriedby the bar for attachment to the hand.

in testimony that we claim the foregoing as ourown we have heretoaflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

(:rEORGE \V. GOSS. CHARLES E. G'OSS. \Vitnesses:

S. E. BnorLns, SAML. FENSTERMACKER.

